#slimemolds — Public Fediverse posts
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The best time to find slime molds is in the summer after heavy rain. Well, that’s exactly what we have had at the house… or should I say, ON the house??
Slime molds have 2 stages: plasmodial and fruiting. In the first, they are capable of movement. They can climb things. In the second, they can have very cool shaped bodies as they prepare to release their spores.
This one climbed the wooden siding of my house. 😳
Chocolate Tube Slime
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Found this Lycogala flavofuscum slime mold just as it was beginning to fully harden. Kind of a cool color and texture. (Especially since it started out a smooth cotton candy pink color.)
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“My eyes were starting to learn slime mold. My ways of seeing were altering, thanks to my new friends who were showing me what to look for. What was once invisible was quickly becoming apparent.”
Read “Creatures That Don’t Conform,” by Lucy Jones. https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/creatures-that-dont-conform/ Photo by Barry Webb. #SlimeMolds #SlimeMoulds -
“How do we see the world as sacred again? By radical noticing.” In this narrated essay, author Lucy Jones brims with awe upon discovering slime molds in the woods near her home. Listen to this week's podcast, “Creatures That Don’t Conform.” https://emergencemagazine.org/podcast/ #Podcast #SlimeMolds #SlimeMoulds
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This week on our podcast, we bring you a story from down deep among the forest floor. Journalist and author Lucy Jones brims with awe upon discovering slime molds and explores what might happen if, rather than trying to decipher such creatures, we instead bask in the wonder of their obscurity. Listen to “Creatures That Don’t Conform.” https://emergencemagazine.org/podcast/ Photo by Barry Webb. #SlimeMolds #SlimeMoulds #Podcast